This demonstrates that pygmyism is not a result of earlymalnutrition , as another hypothesis has it 這表示侏儒并不是如有些假設(shè)所稱的那樣是因?yàn)樵缙跔I(yíng)養(yǎng)不良的結(jié)果。
There are also two competingexplanations : that small bodies keep cool more readily than large ones ( pygmyism tends to be a tropical phenomenon ) or that pygmies live in placeswith unreliable food supplies , and their size means they can make do withsmaller meals 還有另兩種與之競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的解釋:矮小的身材比高大的更容易保持涼爽(侏儒現(xiàn)象傾向于出現(xiàn)在熱帶)或者侏儒居住的地方食物供應(yīng)不可靠,長(zhǎng)得小意味著能夠靠更少的食物勉強(qiáng)度日。